Chapter 54: Slay

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Slay

Diamond? Not so tough after all!

A single, casual sentence!

It fell upon Zhao Kang’s ears...

...like a clap of thunder!

Then, Ye Yunyi charged forward with a punch!

He threw his fist!

The very space around it seemed to twist!

WHOOSH!

A violent sonic boom!

The sound of displaced air!

They erupted at once!

Like the roar of an angry dragon!

"You!"

As Zhao Kang stared at the incoming fist, he felt as if he were witnessing the ancient god Gong Gong smashing into Buzhou Mountain!

This momentum!

It was unstoppable!

He scrambled to turn and block!

The next moment!

He was struck by a ferocious force!

Then, like a cannonball,

he was sent flying backward!

THUD!

Right then, Zhao Kang was in no better shape than the Crimson Flame Tiger had been.

However, because Zhao Kang was much smaller than the Crimson Flame Tiger,

he smashed through one wall after another!

One punch!

Sent him flying!

In an instant, the distant crowd’s eyes went wide. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing!

This!

What kind of power was this?!

To think he could send Zhao Kang, an Early-Diamond Stage powerhouse, flying!

If so, what was this young man’s real strength?!

Early-Diamond Stage? Mid-Diamond Stage?!

Or... Late-Diamond Stage?!

「At the same time.」

The members of the Demon Exorcism Association watched the scene, their legs trembling uncontrollably.

They had originally thought Ye Yunyi’s trump card was that bizarre Crimson Flame Tiger, but!

They never expected!

He himself was the real powerhouse!

BANG!

The next instant!

A loud explosion echoed from the distance!

Everyone looked over and saw Zhao Kang emerging from the rubble!

His face was contorted with indignation!

He hadn’t been prepared just now!

That’s why he was put at a disadvantage in an instant!

He looked at Ye Yunyi, still astonished by his strength!

Combined with that youthful face, it was just too deceptive!

Zhao Kang charged toward Ye Yunyi!

At that moment!

Ye Yunyi pushed his Skills to their absolute limit!

Divine-level Hunting!

Nine Nether Qi!

Vajra Indestructible!

........

He watched Zhao Kang approach!

He showed no mercy!

And shot forward to meet him!

The onlookers watched, and all they saw was a flash before their eyes!

Two white streaks of light collided!

THUD!

For a moment, they wondered if their eyes were playing tricks on them!

The instant the two clashed, shockwaves seemed to ripple through the air!

In the air!

The two were relentlessly trading blows!

THUD THUD THUD!

Every punch landed solidly!

Zhao Kang’s eyes were wide, his teeth clenched!

Feeling Ye Yunyi’s power!

Enduring Ye Yunyi’s attacks!

It was as if a monstrous wave had crashed through his mind!

’This kid! What kind of power is this!’

’With every strike, his power grows even stronger than before!’

’Describing it as a crushing, mountain-like force wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all!’

’Why is it that when I hit him, it feels like I’m striking solid steel?!’

’Why!’

’Why!’

Zhao Kang’s eyes were shot with blood!

Staring at Ye Yunyi, he was filled with a million questions!

’This kid!’

’He’s too strange!’

But at this point, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and take it!

By now, Zhao Kang’s initial arrogance, coldness, and tyranny were shattering inch by inch!

He fought while retreating!

Meanwhile, Ye Yunyi felt the immense power surging within him!

Early-Diamond Stage!

And with the amplification from his Nine Nether Qi,

each of Ye Yunyi’s punches was more ferocious than the last!

Plus, with Vajra Indestructible,

Ye Yunyi’s body seemed to be faintly glowing with specks of golden light!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Everywhere the two went,

it was like a hurricane had passed through!

Total devastation was left in their wake!

Buildings were reduced to rubble!

Turned to dust!

Within the cloud of dust!

The crowd could barely make out the two figures!

Watching them fight,

the distant spectators swallowed hard and sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

"Is... is this the power of a Diamond Powerhouse?"

That single sentence voiced the exact thought in everyone’s mind!

They all wanted to ask the same thing!

This!

Is this the power of a Diamond Powerhouse?!

They knew Diamond-level experts were strong!

But only now did they understand just *how* strong!

WHOOSH!

The wind howled!

The next moment, the crowd looked toward the dust cloud!

They saw Zhao Kang flying out of it!

However!

His posture was strange!

He was bent over like a cooked shrimp!

Flying through the air!

He looked as if he had been punched squarely in the stomach!

And launched upward by the blow!

As the crowd watched in terrified shock,

a figure flashed in front of Zhao Kang.

Then, he flipped and kicked!

The foot landed squarely on Zhao Kang’s chest and stomach!

BOOM!

In an instant, Zhao Kang was blasted into the distance!

The whirlwind created by his passage instantly cleared away the dust and smoke!

「At the same time!」

Back in the manor!

Dongfang Ruoyu’s face was etched with anxiety!

She kept replaying the image of the hidden fury beneath Zhao Kang’s calm expression!

There was no room for reconciliation!

This!

’At this rate, I’m afraid I’ll never see Ye Yunyi again!’

’It’s not just him who’ll suffer; even his Nebula Barrier will be in trouble.’

’After all, this is the first time the Demon Exorcism Association is collecting protection fees.’

’If someone refuses to pay the very first time, they’ll naturally be made into a harsh example!’

’Annihilating the barrier is even a possibility!’

’This disaster is just too great!’

’Too great!’

She let out a heavy sigh in her heart.

Beside her, the other City Lords all wore strange expressions.

They never would have imagined that Ye Yunyi, a mere Golden Mutant, would dare to be so defiant.

"Sigh. Sometimes, being stubborn isn’t a good thing,"

one City Lord said, shaking his head and sighing as if he had already pronounced Ye Yunyi’s death sentence.

In his eyes, no matter how powerful Ye Yunyi was, he was ultimately just a Golden Mutant, whereas Zhao Kang was the leader of the Demon Exorcism Association!

His strength had already reached the Diamond level!

The gap between the two was like an impassable chasm!

Insurmountable!

"Hmph. That kid is just too arrogant. He thinks that just because he has some strength and a Crimson Flame Tiger, he can act this way? Did he think he was invincible after destroying a single Mighty Barrier?"

"How is that possible!"

"A mere Mighty Barrier is nothing in the eyes of the Demon Exorcism Association!"

"Exactly!" another City Lord chimed in. "Now he’s done for. Not only is he going to die, but his barrier is going to suffer too!"

"And most importantly, who knows if this will drag us down with him!"

Listening to their words, Dongfang Ruoyu frowned and looked at them.

"That’s enough!"

At Dongfang Ruoyu’s words, the others turned to her. Her rebuke was met with looks of clear displeasure.

’What does she mean by that?’

’Does she think she’s something special now, just because she’s a Golden Mutant?’

With that, they all snorted coldly.

’What did we say that was wrong?!’

’That kid is probably already dead by now!’

’After all, we heard so many explosions from over there!’

’He’s probably been torn to shreds by Zhao Kang!’

Just as they were thinking this,

another massive explosion echoed from the distance!

Then!

They watched as a human figure,

from the distance,

like a shooting star,

streaked across the sky!

Heading straight for them!

And then!

It crashed into the man-made lake beside them!

SPLASH!

A colossal wave of lake water!

Surged into the air!